Irrigating device.



l. C. BENSON.

IRRIGATING DEVICE.

APPucATloN FILED DEc.22.1914.

l l 439 3 D Patented June 15, 1915.

A TTORNEYS The conductor or shown, th

closed by a head gate 7,

UNITEDSTATES PATENT onirica.

IRA. (GLUMBUS BENSON, 0I' SILVER CITY, IDAHO.

IRRIGATING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be itknown that I, IRA C. BENSON, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Silver City, in the county of Owyhee and Stateof Idaho, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement Ain 'Irrigating Devices,

.of which the following is a speci cation.

My invention is an improvement in irrigating devices, and has for itsobject to provide a device of the character specified, to be used inconnection with the laterals of irrigating systems for distributing theirrigating water from the lateral to thesoil in a uniform and thoroughmanner and Without waste of the water.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspec- .tive view of the device in use,and Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are sections on the lines 2 2-, 3 3 and 4-4,respectively, of Fig. 1.

As is known in irrigating, the water which is collected in reservoirs orthe like, is conveyed through canals to the place of utilization. 'Atthe place of utilization small ditches are run on", called laterals, thelaterals carrying the water to the individual users. The water from thelaterals is-distributed by furrows or small ditches cut in anydesiredmanner, and the flow of the water is controlled by gates orvalves.

The present invention is intended for use in connection with thelaterals, and as e improvement comprises a tubular conductor or casing 1of suitable material, the said conductor bein in fact a hose, and theconductor is provided at intervals lwith openings 2, the said openingsbeing at the bottom and at one side of the conductor as shown moreespecially in Fig. 3.

In the present instance the conductor is provided with an eyelet 3' ateach of the openings, the eyelets reinforcing the openings, andretaining them in' open condition.

0 hose is intended for colinectionwlth a rigid casing 4 of tubular form,the end of the conductor or 'hose being slipped over the end of thecasing, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4, and-a strap 5 is provided forsecuring the end in place.

. The strap 5 is tor or hose outsi e of thev same and around the casing4, and one end of thestrap is pro.- vided with a buckle 6,- which isengaged with the opposite end to secure the strap from` displacement.The casing 4 may be the said gate hav- ,from each other.

" connected together by assed around the conduc-l Specication of LettersPatent.

' applicati@ med December a2, 1914.

Patented June 15, 1915. serial no, 978,525.

ing its side edges vreceived-in grooves 8, in the slde walls and bottomof the casin 4.'

.It will be noted from an inspection of Figs. 1 and 2, that the gateextends above the top of the casing 4 to provide a handle for operatingthe gate. The tubular casing 4 extends through one wall of the lateralindicated at 9, andthe gate 'I when closed, prevents the iow of thewater from the lateral into the hose.

The openings 2 are arranged at ,intervals grooves of the field beingirrigated, and the hose is so arranged that the said openings registerwith the grooves or furrows, the said grooves or furrows being indicatedat 10.- The conductors are preferably provided in sections of convenientlength, and they may be connected by the mechanism shown in Figs. 1 and4.

hte/connecting mechanism comprises a casing 11. of tubular' form andrectangular cross section, and of an external area to fit within the end*of the conductor.A The meeting ends of the conductors are slipped overthe ends of the casing 11,'as shown in Figs. 1 and 4,- and straps 12 arepassed around the ends ,of the casing, of the conductorsv to secure thesaid ends from slipping on the casing.

Each of the'straps 12 is provided at one end with a buckle 13, forengagement by the other end of the strap. The casings 11 are of suchlength that when the conductors are in 'place thereon, they will bespacedapart Each length or sectlon of conductor is provided with theopenings 2, each opening being reinforced by an eyelet for the purposespecified, and it'will be obvious that as many sections may be used, thecasings 11,as'may be found advisable. Enough sections will be usedl ateach head gate 7 to permit the full .width of the' field or piece ofground to be irribe evident that as the water flows from the lateralthrough the casing 4, it will be distributed by the conductor throughthe openings 2 vto the furrows tothoroughly irrigate and around theendsl obtained. The casing 4 is of a size to permit* the flow of waterrequired. A

Itwill be noted especially from an inspection of Fig. 1 that theconductor sections are l tapering 1n form, 'gradually decreasing incrosssection from the casing 4 toward their outer ends. The connectingsections 11 are not. tapering, but each succeeding section of conductorhas its large end of approximately the same arca as .the small end ofthe s ucceeding section.

With this arrangement the head gate 7 may be left open permanently topermit a flow of water suiiicient to sufiice for the needs ofirrigation. There can be no washing or erosion with the use of theimproved device, because the small amount of water that is dischargedfrom each opening 2 is not suicient to disturb the soil to-any extent.The water merely, trickles through the o nin and is absorbed by theound, untll it ecomes saturated, after w ich the water will iiow,l

through the furrow 10. Because of the tapering character of theconductor the same amount of Water is discharged at each opening 2, andthe discharge throughout the length of the conductor is uniform. It willbe understood that the outermost end of the"conductor is closed, so'that the water must flow out through the openings 2.

- In order to irrigate rolling land the water must be applied gently anduniformly over the entire surface. The soil is irst prepared forirrigation by making it smooth and as fend of the succeeding1 uniform aspossible. The furrows or grooves 10A are then marked across the fieldsat d1s- 'tances corresponding vto the spacings of the openings 2. Theconductor 1s then placed and theheadgate opened' after which the devicerequires no further attention until lit is'desiredftc shut o the water.Practically every drop of water that flows from the vlateral is utilizedto irrigate, andthere is no waste.` In addition the service of thelaborers ordinarily required to attend to the 1rr1 gation is dispensedwith.

I claim A device of the character specified, comprising a conductorcomposed of a series of 1 tubular sections of iexible material, each ofthe said sections being tapering in form -and the large end of eachsection being of approximately the sameA size as the small section, eachsection having a lon ltudina y extending series of openings, eac openingbeing reinforced, a tubular conne tor for the adjacent ends ofsuccessive sections, each connector com rising a casing of rectangularform over w 'ch the meeting ends of the sections are fitted, and aninlet casing of tubular form and rectangular cross section over whichthe inlet end of the conductor is litted, said casing having guides, anda head gate ttin in the guides, and straps of iexib e materia encirclingthe ends of the sections at the connectors and at the inlet casing.

IRA COLUMBUS BENSON. Witnesses:

JoHN THOMAS SMITH, JOHN STEPHAN FLANAGAN.

